Network cinema

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Spot film Networx GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 2010
Seat Berlin , Germany
Branch Film industry
Website www.netzkino.de

Netzkino is a video-on-demand portal of Spotfilm Networx GmbH (previously Netzkino Services GmbH ) based in Berlin . The streaming service originally started as a YouTube film channel. The provider then developed its own applications step by step and expanded the network cinema into a multi-platform service. Users can stream the films offered free of charge via the Netzkino website and apps for iOS , Android , Windows or watch them directly on the television via the Smart TV app. In addition to some well-known feature films, Netzkino specializes primarily in niche and genre cinema.

history

Netzkino was founded by Peter von Ondarza and started in April 2010 initially as a YouTube film channel.

The company later also began developing its own applications for various end devices. By the end of 2014, Netzkino had been expanded into a cross-platform streaming service. Since then, users have been able to stream the provider's films on their own website, via apps for various mobile devices and on smart TVs. Netzkino was the first provider on the German VOD market to legally make film content available for free streaming.

At the end of 2012, Netzkino Services UG was converted into Netzkino Services GmbH, whose managing director has been Hauk Markus since the beginning of 2015.

In 2014, Netzkino made more than 1,500 films available on its YouTube channel and had 250,000 subscribers. The number of YouTube fans had doubled by 2017 and, according to the industry magazine InfoDigital, Netzkino is with "a total of 13 million video views and six million unique users per month [...] the largest social media feature film community in Germany". In early 2018, the provider's YouTube channel had more than 700,000 subscribers.

In June 2017 Netzkino Services GmbH was awarded the TOP 100 seal as an innovation leader among German medium-sized companies.

Business model

Netzkino is a free film streaming service and is available in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. The service is financed through advertising and also introduced the paid subscription service NetzkinoPlus at the end of 2017.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ renaming of network cinema Services GmbH in Spot film Networx GmbH by the shareholders on December 12, 2018 at North Data
  2. ↑ a b c Netzkino expands its range of feature films - almost 3,000 feature films available In: InfoDigital. April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2018
  3. ↑ a b c Netzkino cracks 250,000 subscriber mark on YouTube channel In: InfoDigital. August 18, 2015, accessed May 17, 2018
  4. ↑ a b c Restart: Netzkino - legal & free watching feature films In: FluxFM, April 14, 2015, accessed on April 12, 2018
  5. ↑ a b c Otter, Reinhard: See films for free at Netzkino und Co. In: PC Magazin, March 4, 2014, accessed on May 17, 2018
  6. ↑ a b Schwan, Ben: After Clipfish: Another advertising-financed film streaming service for Apple TV In: Heise. July 2, 2016, accessed May 17, 2018
  7. ↑ a b c Herrmann, Susanne: Panasonic goes on the streaming offensive with Netzkino In: Advertising and Selling. February 15, 2017. Retrieved May 17, 2018
  8. ↑ Free film provider Netzkino In: KinoNews. December 16, 2014, accessed May 17, 2018
  9. ↑ Register announcements Netzkino Services GmbH, Berlin ( Memento of the original from September 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Business Register. November 28, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unternehmensregister.de
  10. ↑ About In: Netzkino YouTube-Kanal, April 6, 2010, accessed on April 12, 2018
  11. ↑ a b Netzkino Services GmbH In: TOP 100. 2017, accessed on April 12, 2018
  12. ↑ What is NetzkinoPlus? In: Netzkino FAQ. accessed on April 12, 2018